Maokai vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Maokai
based on 2,239 Maokai vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Gangplank
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Gangplank
Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.
Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!
Maokai vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some critical Maokai versus Gangplank counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Maokai or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a great counter for Gangplank.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Gangplank matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Gangplank.
Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai
Additional Information for Maokai Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Maokai versus Gangplank build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 54.2% battling Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Gangplank as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Maokai vs Gangplank counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.2% winrate overall.
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